14: Some of her stories were inspired by what happend in high school. Her favorite author's are Judy Blume and Lois Lowery.

15: Some of Dessen's books. -What Happened to Tomorrow -Along for the Ride -Lock and key -Just Listen -The Truth about Forever -This Lullaby -Dreamland -Keeping the Moon -Someone Like You -That Summer

16: The book I read was "Lock and Key". This book is about a 17-year-old girl named Ruby, Who was abandoned by her mother.When the landlords from the yellow hosue find out about Ruby, they send her to live with her older sister Cora.

17: Cora's husband; Jamie is the creator of a famous website called UME.COM,"so they are pretty wealthy. The first night Ruby tries to jump the backyard fence and meet's Nate. Nate lives behind Cora's house.

18: Nate and Ruby become very good friends. Later Ruby finds out that Nate's dad is abusive. Nate asks Ruby not to do anything about it because he would have to live with his mom who has no time for him.But Ruby knows that if she keeps quit she would be doing the wrong thing.In the end Nate moves in with his mom, who lives in Arizona. Nate returns a few months later to go to collage with Ruby.